The usual doubts as to his identity were expressed by the local foreign press, but for myself I was convinced that he was one of the assassins.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

This was Mount Sipylus, in Bœotia, which, as we learn from Pausanias, had on its summit a rock, which, at a distance, strongly resembled a female in an attitude of sorrow.
— from The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII by Ovid

The twenty millions are computed from the following data: one twelfth of mankind above sixty, one third below sixteen, the proportion of men to women as seventeen or sixteen, (Recherches sur la Population de la France, p. 71, 72.)
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

The most useful comment to be made here is, that his action in failing to crush Hood at his anchors, with a force at least fifty per cent greater, was in strict accordance with the general French principle of subordinating the action of the fleet to so-called particular operations; for nothing is more instructive than to note how an unsound principle results in disastrous action.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

Up, and with Sir W. Batten by coach to White Hall, where all of us with the Duke; Mr. Coventry privately did tell me the reason of his advice against our pretences to the Prize Office (in his letter from Portsmouth), because he knew that the King and the Duke had resolved to put in some Parliament men that have deserved well, and that would needs be obliged, by putting them in.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Permit me not to languish out my days, But make the best exchange of life for praise.
— from The Aeneid by Virgil

Be lusty, free, persevere in thy servyse, And al is wel, if thou werke in this wyse.
— from Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer

At the name of Lord de Winter, who was known to be one of his Grace’s most intimate friends, the officer of the post gave orders to let Felton pass, who, besides, wore the uniform of a naval officer.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

so then there were 2 of us goodbye to my sleep for this night anyhow I hope hes not going to get in with those medicals leading him astray to imagine hes young again coming in at 4 in the morning it must be if not more still he had the manners not to wake me what do they find to gabber about all night squandering money and getting drunker and drunker couldnt they drink water then he starts giving us his orders for eggs and tea and Findon haddy and hot buttered toast I suppose well have him sitting up like the king of the country pumping the wrong end of the spoon up and down in his egg wherever he learned that from and I love to hear him falling up the stairs of a morning with the cups rattling on the tray and then play with the cat she rubs up against you for her own sake I wonder has she fleas shes as bad as a woman always licking and lecking but I hate their claws I wonder do they see anything that we cant staring like that when she sits at the top of the stairs so long and listening as I wait always what a robber too that lovely fresh plaice I bought I think Ill get a bit of fish tomorrow or today is it Friday
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

I realised vaguely that I was on the wrong path; I longed for peace and quiet, and hoped to find these most effectually by getting married, and so putting an end to the state of things that had become the source of so much anxiety to me.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

Consequently, when scientists evaluate the types of volcanic activity that may endanger people, giant landslides are now included, in addition to other types of volcanic activity such as lava flows, pyroclastic flows, lahars, and falling ash.
— from Volcanoes of the United States by Steven R. Brantley

In the back of the book appears a fac-simile letter from Pope Alexander IV. to Lucrezia, and one of hers to Isabella Gonzogo—most curious documents.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 05, July 1885, No. 10 by Chautauqua Institution

"My friend," said she, "beware Lest funeral pomp about my bier, When I shall go with gods to share, Compel thine eye to drop a tear.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

But not for long, for presently Patricia said humbly:— "Will you talk to me?
— from Prisoners of Hope: A Tale of Colonial Virginia by Mary Johnston

"Montagu has a curiously analytic mind," said Mr. Wycherly slowly, "and a passionate longing for pleasantness and gaiety.
— from Miss Esperance and Mr Wycherly by L. Allen (Lizzie Allen) Harker

The Cauca flows about a league from Popayan with a broad and quick current, subject to dreadful [280] inundations, in June, July and August, when the torrents descend from Guanacas, and the neighbouring mountains; and in the immediate vicinity of this city are the great volcanoes of Puracé and Sotara.
— from Spanish America, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Bonnycastle, Richard Henry, Sir

I mention the use of false weights and measures last, not because it is a less heinous fraud, but because I hope it is less frequently practised than many others.
— from The Young Man's Guide by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott

La Fontaine, plunged in one of his habitual reveries, listened without hearing.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

We are not grumblers, so we drank coffee and were all very happy; and while the rooms were preparing Dumont read to us a pretty little French piece, Le faux Savant!
— from The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 by Maria Edgeworth